Tonight I made a salad grown totally in my own garden......

[lib2DaBone]

.... my first ever. Grown exclusively in Containers on my patio. (The Blue jays got 2 of my biggest tomatoes before I could get to them... but that's OK)

Arugula
Leaf Lettuce
Spring Onions
Beef Stake Tomato
Parsley
Cilantro
Yellow peppers

Olive oil and red wine vinaigrette dressing with Tony Charchere's seasoning. Yumm......

[realisticphish]

1. ARUGALA??

what are you, a commie?????

[aquart]

4. Arugula is the tastiest stuff in the salad.

[depakid]

11. It's called "rocket" in Australia

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-rocket-greens.htm

[Arugula Latte]

9. Hey -- I resent that!

Signed, Arugula Latte

;)

[realisticphish]

13. well

ARE you a commie? Huh? Huh?

[Arugula Latte]

16. I ain't telling you, Senator McCarthy.

:P

[realisticphish]

18. that proves it

Denial is 99% of the law!!!

[Arugula Latte]

22. Nice post, John Yoo!

[The Straight Story]

2. What, no chicken?

:)

[aquart]

3. What is in Tony Charchere's seasoning?

[MADem]

12. Who is Tony Whatsisiname???? nt

[lib2DaBone]

15. Gotta get some Tony Charchere's Cajun Seasoning....

It is the greates stuff.. good on Bar B Q, Seafood, Salads, Soups..... Adds a nice Kick.....

it comes in a 8 oz green container..like a parmesean cheese.

Ya, now Im eating arugula... leftist elite... lol...

[Number23]

5. That sounds great!

My hubby grows parsley in our little garden. My dream is to one day do a "Nigella" and just rip stuff out of the ground and toss it onto my pasta...

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

6. How Did You Grow Tony Charchere?

[The Straight Story]

8. Stem cells and cloning patio kit from KMart

:)

[Webster Green]

7. Didn't you know eating arugula makes you an elitist snob..

I heard it on Faux snooze. :P

[The Straight Story]

10. People on faux news probably thing argyle sweaters are made from it

:)

[MADem]

14. Jesus, I've been eating it on pizza for over a decade.

I got the habit at a non-elitist little working-class restaurant in Italy!

[chollybocker]

17. There's still a few piles of snow outside my window,

...so I really resent the fresh deliciousness of this thread. ;)

[malaise]

19. Congrats

Bet nothing ever taste so good.

Here are two recommendations for your tomatoes - pick them as soon as they are full (and let them ripe in a basket) or buy some fine mesh and cover the bushes.

I share food with the birds but not my tomatoes. :D

[JohnnyLib2]

20. Michelle? nom de plume?

That arugula makes me wonder. :evilgrin:

[bbinacan]

21. I'm envious. n/t

[zeemike]

23. Now that is something to celebrate.

But I prefer the Roma tomatos...when they are right off the vine they make a delicious sandwich with a little pepper on them.

[MineralMan]

24. Not to mention a tomato and onion pie....nom, nom.

I do those a couple of times a year and blow my guests away.

[zeemike]

26. Wow I would have never have thought of that.

But it sounds great.
you would not care to share that recipe with me would you?

[MineralMan]

30. No problem. It's very, very tasty.

Here's a link to my blog that will take you right to the recipe's page. Just scroll down a little:

http://www.osomin.com/Whimsy.htm

[zeemike]

31. That sounds great i am going to try it soon.

But instead of blanching the tomatoes have you ever tried roasting them instead?
I do it over a gas flame on the stove...you roast them until the skin starts to turn black and the skin will peal off nicely...I do the same to peppers and chillies and it gives a nice flavor that I like.
A great blog by the way and I liked the pit roasting idea too.

[MineralMan]

32. You could roast the tomatoes, I'm sure.

Blanching is easy, though. The pit roasting thing is great, too. I'm glad I have a pit now, and will use it once a year to feed a crowd.

[mainer]

25. Jealous here. It's 45 degrees outside.

And the farm pond's still iced over. All I've got are tomato seedlings in my house.

[greenbriar]

27. HOW do you have tomatos already?

we haven't even planted ours...we had snow yesterday morning

in Kansas

[ddeclue]

28. How long does it take to grow a salad plant?

:rofl:

Are their dressing plants too?

:rofl:

[Historic NY]

29. Tastes good, doesn't it? I can't wait to get stuff growing here.

I looked and found some escarole (endive) still growing even through the winter. I plan on letting to go to seed for this falls planting. Its great with white beans or in chicken soup, etc.

[Vinca]

33. I can't wait for a decent salad so I'm as jealous as I can be.

I've got a bunch of lettuce and spinach starting in trays under grow lights so I can get the earliest possible greens from the garden when it gets a little warmer out.